Total cost of ‘12 Days of Christmas’ tops $114,000

According to the annual PNC Christmas Price Index from PNC Wealth Management, the combined cost of all the items listed in the “The Twelve Days of Christmas” has jumped by more than six percent for the second straight year.

While the price tag for the 364 presents listed in the holiday classic rose 6.1 percent in 2012, this year, those prices have gone up again, by an even wider margin. They’re up by 6.9 percent. That’s brings the 2013 total to a whopping $114,651.

Reports Newser, much of the blame for the staggering amount falls on the price of the nine ladies dancing, whose performance rate shot up to the tune of 20 percent, to $7,553.

The New York Times reported that data from research firm ShopperTrak, “painted a more optimistic picture of Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday shopping.” Bill Martin, the company’s founder, told the Times that the “Thursday store openings did well,” however, “a lot of it was at the expense of Black Friday.”